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Being ‘job ready’ is not the purpose of university science degrees

Being ‘job ready’ is not the purpose of university science degrees

Recent data – highlighted in the Grattan report Mapping Australian Higher Education 2016 – raised alarm bells about the employability of science graduates. The report author, Andrew Norton, argues that science degrees are “risky” because more students are going into science while graduate employment rates are low. In 2015, 51% of science graduates seeking full-time […] … learn more→